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Neighbourly Relations in a Local Community
Mahmut Mujačić
Sažetak
The article reports on the results of an investigation of neighbourly relations
in Derventa, a small town in northern Bosnia.
In a small place like Derventa, relations between people tend to be closer and
contact more frequent than they would be in a large town. The inhabitants do
not mean to one another mere names and figures as this is the case in large
urban centres: they are individuals of a definite character and mentality who,
in most cases, bear the characteristics of the surroundings in which they live’
However, in Derventa too one can observe cases of isolation, of the absence of a
close connection between the individual and society, of mutual communication on
conventional levels only, and of seclusion within one’s own family circle. Close friendly contacts or links with several neighbours are a definite rarity.
However, any unpleasant developments taking place in the neighbourhood will
soon be widely known and arouse much comment among the neighbours.
In general one may state that in a local community of the size of Derventa
physical proximity is an important factor of neighbourly social contacts, which
is not the case in developed urban centres. The measure in which other factors
are decisive for establishing neighbourly relations can be seen from the results
of the investigation which forms the subject of the article.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119644
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Datum izdavanja:
9.3.1973.
Posjeta: 1.480 *